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Downing Street has rejected the description of Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” made by Donald Trump’s chief negotiator on the Ukraine war.
Steve Witkoff met the Russian president in St Petersburg on Wednesday as he sought to make a new push to end the invasion of Ukraine, with the US putting pressure on Kyiv to agree to a settlement.
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Aunque traer de vuelta al cine grandes franquicias que llevan sin ser explotadas décadas suele significar un éxito rotundo, el regreso de Masters del Universo a la acción real no ha tenido el recorrido comercial que esperaba el estudio. La película protagonizada por Nicholas Galitzine como He-Man recaudó 114 millones de dólares en todo el mundo frente a un presupuesto estimado de entre 170 y 200 millones, unas cifras que complican la posibilidad de continuar la historia en la gran pantalla. Sin embargo, su rendimiento en streaming ha cambiado el panorama.
La producción se ha convertido en un auténtico éxito en Prime Video, donde ha permanecido como la película más vista de la plataforma durante cinco semanas consecutivas. Este resultado ha devuelto algo de esperanza a los seguidores de Eternia y ha reabierto el debate sobre una posible secuela. Su director, Travis Knight, no puede confirmar que vaya a hacerse realidad, pero tampoco oculta su interés en regresar a este universo.
En una entrevista con ScreenRant, el cineasta habló sobre el futuro de Masters del Universo. Knight explicó que hacer la película fue una experiencia muy satisfactoria y destacó la conexión que desarrolló con el equipo. No obstante, también dejó claro que la decisión de continuar la franquicia está fuera de sus manos.
El director reconoció que siempre se pregunta qué podría suceder con los personajes después de los acontecimientos de una película, aunque considera que lo importante es darlo todo en cada producción y confiar en que encuentre a su público. Si surge la oportunidad de contar más historias de Eternia, asegura que estaría encantado de aceptarla.
Y material para una segunda entrega no falta. Aunque la película de 2026 ofrece una historia con cierre propio, su desenlace deja abiertas varias líneas argumentales. Adam regresa a Eternia, salva su hogar y abraza plenamente el poder de Grayskull, superando así su etapa como héroe en construcción. Sin embargo, todavía desconoce que tiene una hermana gemela: la princesa Adora, también conocida como She-Ra, que aparece en una de las escenas poscréditos.
La otra gran incógnita gira en torno a Skeletor. Aunque el villano interpretado por Jared Leto parece haber quedado fuera de juego, otra escena poscréditos sugiere su posible regreso cuando Evil-Lyn recoge su cráneo y se escucha su característica risa.
La recepción también ofrece motivos para mantener la esperanza. La película cuenta con un 67 % de valoración de la crítica en Rotten Tomatoes, frente al 85 % del público. Esto quiere decir que sus seguidores sí quedaron mucho más satisfechos con la cinta que la crítica especializada.
Por ahora, no hay ni rumores de una secuela. Una continuación estrenada directamente en Prime Video sería una posibilidad a explorar si la plataforma considera que el interés del público justifica la inversión. La película ya ha demostrado que puede encontrar una audiencia más allá de los cines, aunque todavía está por ver si ese éxito será suficiente para devolver a He-Man a Eternia en una nueva aventura.
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On the night of Sept. 12, Ukrainian drones attacked Taganrog. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported hits on an FPV drone production facility, two drone storage sites, a Pantsir air defense system, and a radar.
Local authorities, as usual, listed something else: 16 commercial buildings, five cars, a football
En 2019 presenciamos la consagración de Taika Waititi como cineasta. Respaldado por su celebrada intervención en el Universo de Marvel con Thor: Ragnarok, Waititi procedió a conseguir el Oscar a Mejor guion adaptado por Jojo Rabbit: una comedia dramática centrada en el nazismo que muy bien recibida y hacía presagiar grandes cosas para el director. No obstante, desde entonces su trayectoria ha sido más bien errática.
Waititi ha trabajado en varias series y tras volver a Marvel con Thor: Love and Thunder dirigió en 2023 un film que pasó muy desapercibido, El peor equipo del mundo. Había cierta fe en que su regreso al largometraje, adaptando la novela Klara y el sol de Kazuo Ishiguro, le devolviera a la carrera de premios, pero las críticas del film (a estrenarse en España este 30 de octubre) han sido más bien mediocres.
Tal es el estado de la carrera de Waititi ahora, a lo que hay que sumar la definitiva cancelación de la película que iba a dirigir para Star Wars.
El director así lo ha confesado en plena promoción de Klara y el sol. Llegó a este proyecto en 2020, hace seis años, y parece que desde entonces la cosa no ha conseguido despegar. “Siento tener que decírtelo, pero la verdad es que vamos a dejarlo en suspenso y estamos trabajando en otro proyecto”, respondió Waititi, aparentemente refiriéndose a Disney con ese ‘nosotros’. No pudo entrar en muchos detalles porque su agente le sugirió entonces que cambiaran de tema. “Bueno, ahí tienes tu respuesta”.
“Ni siquiera sé cómo suavizarlo o hacerlo más ambiguo… Está totalmente en suspenso. Tengo otras cuatro películas que estoy intentando hacer. Las eras glaciales llegan a su fin… ¿Quién sabe?”. Hace unos meses dijo que deseaba volver a dirigir películas originales, tras tanto tiempo sumergido en adaptaciones y propiedades intelectuales. Curiosamente su siguiente proyecto es una revisión de Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate de Roald Dahl: un film animado cuyo guion ha escrito para Netflix.
Más allá de este proyecto, que la plataforma quiere llevar a cines, se desconoce cuál será el siguiente paso de Waititi. Lucasfilm, por su parte, planea Star Wars: Starfighter para el año que viene, y la última noticia que tuvimos al respecto fue el fichaje de Jon Watts (de la trilogía de Spider-Man) para inaugurar una nueva trilogía de Star Wars.
Las cosas parecen estar más o menos en orden en DC, aún fresco el fracaso de Supergirl pero con la buena acogida de Linternas y las reacciones positivas a Clayface como correctivo.
Es una calma relativa que en cualquier caso contrasta con la antigua continuidad, cuando Zack Snyder ponía la primera piedra con El hombre de acero y a partir de ahí iban sucediendo las situaciones rocambolescas. Una serie de episodios que posiblemente Joe Manganiello haya sufrido en especial, vinculado al personaje de Deathstroke desde hace años.
Deathstroke es un popular villano de Batman que por ahora en el cine no ha tenido mucha presencia más allá de Teen Titans Go! La película, una producción animada de 2018. Por entonces este actor ya había sido vinculado a este cazarrecompensas, y de hecho llegó a aparecer en una escena poscréditos de Liga de la Justicia.
La idea de la directiva era entonces que en algún punto Manganiello llegara a enfrentarse abiertamente con el Batman de Ben Affleck, pero así como recientemente este actor hablaba de lo difícil que había sido su experiencia en DC, ahora es Manganiello quien se sincera sobre la misma.
Y suena bastante traumatizado. Manganiello, a quien veremos en breve interpretando a Sir Crocodile en la serie de acción real de One Piece, ha hablado sobre el asunto con el youtuber Rich Roll: “Batman se canceló y yo nunca… Bueno, no pude volver a interpretar al personaje más allá de unos dos minutos en el rodaje adicional”.
Manganiello se refiere a la película de Batman que Affleck habría dirigido y protagonizado poco después de Liga de la Justicia, y que nunca llegó a hacerse. “Durante los seis años siguientes no pararon de llover proyectos y llamadas a mi agente, una tras otra, diciendo ‘sí, usarán a tu personaje para esto, vas a salir en esto otro’. ‘Vas a ser el villano de Aquaman 2. Vas a salir en Escuadrón Suicida 2 con este director. No, con este otro. No, tú contra Will Smith. Ah, va a ser una película independiente”.
Un revoltijo de anuncios y proyectos que no se suspendió definitivamente hasta que, llegado 2023, James Gunn y Peter Safran se hicieron con las riendas del estudio. “¿Tengo suerte o mala suerte? Tengo suerte de haber conseguido este papel, pero en aquel momento me sentí con mala suerte porque me dieron ese proyecto que luego se canceló y esfumó”, concluye.
Like most of American healthcare, kidney care has for decades been plagued by red tape. The Trump administration says it wants to change that. On Tuesday, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his department's Kidney Care National Plan, which promises to introduce more competition, reduce regulatory barriers, expand patient choice, and overhaul America's kidney transplant system.
Much of the plan focuses on barriers to entry in dialysis care, which treats nearly 558,000 Americans. While dialysis can be performed at home, most patients receive treatment at specialized facilities, which must comply with federal certification requirements governing equipment, staffing, water quality, and patient safety in order to participate in Medicare.
Kennedy argues that regulatory barriers have discouraged competition and innovation, leaving patients with fewer dialysis treatment options. "Dialysis technology is an extraordinary technology," said Kennedy at the press conference, but "because of monopolies in the system and the barriers to new entrants, we have not seen any real improvements in that technology."
Of course, the existence of large or even monopolistic companies is not in itself evidence of a problem, but government regulation can often entrench those companies' positions in the market. "I like the fact that they're recognizing that a lot of regulatory…barriers are contributing to the problem, and that's refreshing to hear," says Jeffrey Singer, a practicing general surgeon and senior fellow at Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes Reason. Singer says that removing barriers that prevent new companies from competing with established providers could not only increase choice but also drive down prices.
HHS says that two companies, DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care, control approximately 74 percent of the American dialysis market. As of 2019, roughly a third of Americans lived in areas where the only available dialysis provider was one of those two companies, according to the agency. The administration argues that government regulation has helped entrench this dominance by making it difficult for new providers to enter the market.
To address this, the Kidney Care National Plan suggests a number of reforms, including simplifying certification requirements. HHS also plans to investigate whether dominant dialysis providers have used payment arrangements and legal strategies to secure higher reimbursements without delivering better care.
The 17-page report calls for a review of existing requirements, but it does not specify which regulations will be repealed, nor does it establish a timeline for doing so. It also does not propose any significant reduction in the government's role in financing the distorted market. Instead, the plan largely seeks to make existing government-financed systems such as Medicare more competitive and efficient.
Kennedy has also correctly identified the need for reform regarding kidney donations. Nearly 90,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant at any given time in America, and 11 people die every day waiting for a kidney. The transplant process is currently managed by Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), which are federally certified nonprofits responsible for recovering organs from donors and coordinating their transfer. There are currently just 55 federally designated OPOs operating in the United States, and HHS argues that they behave as "regional monopolies." Since no new OPOs have been approved in the last year, the Kidney Care National Plan suggests fast-tracking certification.
The plan also seeks to make living kidney donation easier by reducing financial barriers. Following the passage of the Honor Our Living Donors Act in February, HHS revised federal reimbursement rules so that a donor's eligibility for financial assistance is no longer determined by the transplant recipient's income. Eligible donors can receive up to $6,000 to cover expenses, including travel, lost wages, and childcare.
However, the reforms proposed stop short of allowing kidney donors to receive direct compensation for the organs themselves, which remains prohibited under federal law. "I can sell my blood. Why can't I sell my kidney?" Singer asks.
Peter Jaworski, director of the Georgetown Blood and Plasma Research Group, feels similarly, arguing that financial incentives are available to nearly everyone involved in kidney transplantation except the donors themselves. "According to this plan, it's OK to use incentives to encourage them to be more productive, to actually do a better job," Jaworski tells Reason, referring to transplant surgeons, hospitals, and organ procurement organizations. "The only exception, once again, is the donor who is offering a kidney."
Better solutions exist, according to Jaworski, who points to the proposed End Kidney Deaths Act. The bill, which was introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R–N.Y.) last year, would offer living kidney donors a $50,000 refundable tax credit, distributed over five years. "We have those systems in order to make sure that we can treat patients. That's the point of blood donation. That's the point of plasma donation. That's the point of kidney donation too."
America's plasma market is an excellent example of financial incentives encouraging donation. Unlike many other countries, the U.S. allows plasma donors to be compensated, and despite accounting for just over 4 percent of the world's population, it supplies approximately 68 percent of the plasma collected globally for manufacturing medicines.
"Why do you think America does it? Is it because in America there's way more altruism than in France or Italy or Belgium? No, it's because in the United States you can be paid to donate plasma," argues Jaworski.
The Trump administration appears to recognize that government overreach has stifled competition and restricted patient choice. It also recognizes that living adults donating kidneys will be part of the solution to the long, deadly waiting lists. But its plan leaves the government's outsize role in kidney care largely untouched. For patients facing years on dialysis or waiting for a lifesaving transplant, recognizing the problem is not enough.
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The traditional Paraíso do Algarve restaurant, in the heart of the countryside near Paderne, was the venue for the recent tasting and lunch enjoyed by members of the Algarve Wine
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On Oct. 21, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff gushingly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for being a "humanitarian."
Just a few hours later, Kyiv once again came under a fresh barrage of devastating Russian missiles, killing at least one person and injuring over 20.
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O atual e o ex-presidente da Câmara de Valongo, Paulo Esteves Ferreira e José Manuel Ribeiro, foram esta quinta-feira condenados por abuso de poder à perda de mandato por limitarem a circulação de camiões na estrada de acesso ao aterro de Sobrado em 2020.
O Tribunal de Valongo condenou ainda os dois autarcas, eleitos pelo PS, ao pagamento de 100 dias de multa, a 30 euros cada dia, e ao pagamento “de forma solidária” de 61 mil euros.
No final da leitura da sentença, que decorreu ao início da tarde desta quinta-feira, e na qual o tribunal julgou como procedente os factos constantes na acusação, os autarcas afirmaram estar “chocados” e garantiram que vão recorrer para as instâncias superiores.
Segundo a acusação do Ministério Público (MP), Paulo Esteves Ferreira e José Manuel Ribeiro ordenaram em 2020 a proibição de circulação na Estrada Municipal 606 (EM606) de camiões até ao aterro de Sobrado para levar ao seu encerramento.
As empresas responsáveis pela exploração do aterro instalado naquele concelho, a Retria e a Recivalongo, falam em prejuízos superiores a 1,5 milhões de euros, causados durante os três meses em que a medida esteve em vigor.
Para a acusação, os arguidos sabiam que a EM606 “era a única via para aceder às instalações das sociedades ofendidas” e que a atividade destas “dependia na quase totalidade das matérias transportadas” pelos camiões.
De acordo com o MP, os arguidos, ao imporem a proibição, fizeram-no “com o propósito concretizado de causar prejuízo às referidas sociedades, impedindo o exercício da sua atividade e para a qual estavam licenciadas”.
A acusação relata ainda que, desde 2019, a relação entre o município e as empresas que exploram o aterro foi marcada por conflitualidade.
O presidente da Câmara de Valongo considera “injusta” a decisão judicial sobre o condicionamento da circulação de veículos pesados na EM 606 na medida em que, alega, a medida visou defender os interesses da população de Sobrado que se queixava da falta de condições de segurança na estrada municipal e do “impacto na saúde pública, no ambiente e na qualidade de vida”.
“Estou convicto, e assim me mantenho desde o início, que a decisão que esteve na origem deste processo teve sempre em conta o interesse público e a necessidade de responder às sérias preocupações manifestadas pela população de Sobrado”, argumenta Paulo Esteves Ferreira, numa nota enviada ao ECO/Local Online.
Não acredito que a autarquia e o poder político pudessem ignorar os apelos das pessoas face ao que tinha sido exposto.
O responsável sustenta que o condicionamento teve sempre em conta o interesse público e as preocupações dos habitantes, sublinhando que a autarquia não podia ignorar os apelos da população. “Não acredito que a autarquia e o poder político pudessem ignorar os apelos das pessoas face ao que tinha sido exposto”.
O autarca garante que “a decisão de condicionar a circulação de veículos pesados nunca se materializou numa proibição de circulação e nunca foi negada a passagem de viaturas que tivessem necessidade de se deslocar no troço tendo em conta as atividades económicas entre as empresas”.
“A decisão em causa nunca teve como objetivo prejudicar ninguém“, afiança na mesma nota, defendendo que o município procurou conciliar as preocupações dos moradores com as necessidades das empresas em causa.
O presidente da Câmara de Valongo garante, por isso, que irá recorrer para as instâncias superiores para defender a legalidade e a legitimidade da decisão que esteve na origem do processo.
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In the Dobropolye direction, clearing operations continue in the urban area, with Russian forces holding the southern part of the city and repelling attempts by Ukrainian units to relieve their grouping. In the Slavyansk direction, the 25th Army has regained control of Ozernoye and is developing an advance towards Krasny Liman. In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops have taken Yulyevka and Chervony Yar, expanding the zone of control north of Orekhov. In the Sumy region, assault groups of the “North” grouping have advanced near Khoten and Velikaya Rybitsa. In the Kharkiv direction, the clearance of the Reznikovsky cauldron is nearing completion. European Union leaders at an extraordinary summit on 26–27 November will attempt to agree ways of covering Ukraine’s funding shortfall for 2027, estimated at €70 billion, and will also discuss the EU’s multiannual budget for 2028–2034.
Dobropolye direction
Clearing of the urban territory continues in Dobropolye. The southern part of the city is already under stable Russian control, although scattered Ukrainian groups are still encountered there. Ukrainian units launched a counter-attack in an attempt to relieve their grouping and cut off the salient towards Belozerskoye, operating in the areas of Novovodyanoye and Zolotoy Kolodez.
In the Zolotoy Kolodez area, Russian troops are advancing on both flanks of the settlement. On the Dobropolye front, Russian forces are expanding the zone of control around Sergeyevka. Systematic clearing of the city continues in Dobropolye. Fighting is under way on the approaches to Belozerskoye and in the Zolotoy Kolodez area.
Russian troops are increasing pressure on Belozerskoye, bypassing the town on the flanks. Units have reached the outskirts and taken up positions in the southern built-up area and adjacent forest belts. Belozerskoye lies only a few kilometers from Dobropolye. Consolidation here could open a route via Novodonetskoye and Stepanovka towards Aleksandrovka.
Territories south of Dobropolye have been cleared of Ukrainian units. Russian fighters have taken Zolotoy Kolodez in a pincer movement and continue clearance operations. Reports from the ground indicate an improvement in the forward edge and strikes against positions in the areas of Zavidovo-Kudashevo, Krivorozhye, Starorayskoye and other settlements.
Slavyansk direction
Russian units in the north have gone over to counter-attacks and have retaken Ozernoye. This eases the position of the 3rd Army in the Raygorodok area, allowing it to concentrate more strongly on Nikolayevka. Strikes from the Orekhovatka area towards Raygorodok have been repelled. The Volunteer Corps holds Nikanorovka, Malinovka and Vasyutinskoye.
Russian troops near Krasny Liman are attempting to disrupt logistics and are advancing from the areas of Zarechnoye, Torskoye and Yampol. The Ozernoye area has been cleared. If Dibrova can be regained, the southern approaches to Krasny Liman will be cleared, creating the possibility of linking up with units holding positions in the town.
In the Konstantinovka sector, intense positional fighting continues in the areas of Rayskoye and Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka. Russian units are seeking to drive Ukrainian forces out of Klinovoye and Verolyubovka in order to secure the eastern flank for a future envelopment of Druzhkovka.
Zaporozhye direction
The Russian Ministry of Defence has reported that the village of Yulyevka has come under control. Nearby, Chervony Yar has also been taken adjacent to Timoshovka, which was captured the day before. The “East” grouping is expanding the zone of control north of Orekhov.
Fighting continues unabated in Orekhov itself. Judging by the pattern of operations, the Russian command is seeking to envelop the grouping center in Shirokoye, where Ukrainian forces have established a strong defensive line. Fighting continues in the northern part of Ternovatoye. Most of the settlement remains under Russian control. Earlier, Russian units took Zaporozhskoye and are gradually reducing the salient.
In the areas of Lyubitskoye and Novosoloshino, Russian troops have gone over to counter-attacks. Fighting in Vozdvizhevka has largely ended and Ukrainian units have been driven out. Battles have begun for Rozhdestvenskoye. Further south, the advance continues from the captured Chervony Yar. Assault groups are operating on the outskirts of the villages of Mirovka and Obshcheye. Thus, in the Zaporozhye direction, Russian units are systematically expanding bridgeheads, pushing Ukrainian forces out of key strongpoints and disrupting their logistics.
Sumy direction
Heavy positional fighting continues in Sumy direction. Russian aviation, drone teams and artillery are increasing the intensity of strikes against Ukrainian positions. Ukrainian units have concentrated on strengthening their defensive lines.
In the Sumy border area, positional fighting continues on the main lines. Fierce clashes are under way in the Yunakovka area; Ukrainian units are attempting to insert small groups but without success. Russian assault troops have advanced in the areas of Khoten and Velikaya Rybitsa overall progress amounting to up to 300 meters.
In the Sumy district, Russian assault troops have advanced near Khoten and Velikaya Rybitsa. Overall progress amounted to up to 300 meters. In the Shostka district, heavy positional fighting continues near Korenek. In the Krasnopolye district, assault groups of the “Northerners” are advancing near Turya. Russian units continue methodically to press the Ukrainian defenses, exploiting their advantage in artillery and drones.
Kharkiv direction
Assault units of the “North” grouping are developing their success in the area of the former “Volchansk cauldron”. The Ukrainian side has stepped up its information activity and is widely disseminating inaccurate claims about alleged control over lost settlements.
North of Bolshoy Burluk, clearance of the so-called Reznikovsky cauldron continues. According to official data, the main settlements have been cleared. The territory is extensive, almost 400–500 square kilometers. Isolated positions will continue to be cleared for some weeks yet. Ukrainian units, relying on Maly Burluk and Prikolotnoye, are attempting to reach the Plotva River in the area of Vasilyevka, Blagodatnoye, Nefyodovka and Chyornoye.
In the Lipetsk direction, Russian troops have advanced on three sectors south of Novaya Kazachya and Tokarevka. Overall progress amounted to 250 meters. In the Volchansk and Veliky Burluk directions, assault groups of the “Northerners” continue to advance southwards. There have been successes in the areas of Prikolotnoye, Maly Burluk and Kolodeznoye. Over the past day overall progress amounted to up to 500 meters.
Conclusion
In the Dobropolye direction, Russian forces are consolidating in the southern part of the city and enveloping Belozerskoye. In the Slavyansk direction, the 25th Army has gone over to the counter-offensive, recovering lost positions and creating a threat to Ukrainian logistics in the Krasny Liman area. In the Zaporozhye direction, the capture of Yulyevka and Chervony Yar has enabled the expansion of bridgeheads and continued pressure on Orekhov. In Sumy region, positional fighting continues with gradual advances by Russian assault groups. In the Kharkiv direction, the clearance of a large cauldron is nearing completion, freeing forces for further offensive operations. The overall trend remains the use by Russian units of small-group tactics that combine assault actions with strikes by artillery, aviation and drones, allowing them methodically to disrupt Ukrainian logistics and expand the zone of control.
European Union leaders at the extraordinary summit on 26–27 November will attempt to agree ways of covering Ukraine’s funding shortfall for 2027, estimated at €70 billion. The EU has already earmarked €45 billion for Ukraine in 2027, yet Kyiv’s financial needs substantially exceed this amount. Even taking into account the planned European funding, Ukraine’s additional requirement is assessed at approximately €70 billion.
Initially, Brussels had expected Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom jointly to provide a further €45 billion over 2026–2027. Not all the promised funds have been allocated, however. As a result, EU member states will have to agree to additional financing mechanisms for Kyiv, including the possibility of a new loan. At the same time, European leaders continue to negotiate the Union’s seven-year budget for 2028–2034. Brussels aims to conclude the talks by the end of the current year, since electoral campaigns due in a number of EU states in 2027 could further complicate the achievement of a compromise.
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Las reacciones entusiastas ante una película suelen ser especialmente efusivas cuando acaba de estrenarse. En ocasiones, demasiado. Y si no, que se lo digan a cualquier obra de Christopher Nolan, que, sin demasiados problemas, suele alzarse como la mejor de la historia en lugares como IMDb, conocida por las desorbitadas puntuaciones (buenas y malas) que reciben algunas películas.
Los usuarios de la base de datos coronan a Cadena perpetua como la mejor película de la historia, con un 9,3, seguida muy de cerca por El padrino, con un 9,2, y El caballero oscuro, con un 9,1. Por encima de todas ellas se sitúa, eso sí, con apenas 8.200 votos por ahora, una cinta que acaba de llegar a los cines estadounidenses y que, con una puntuación de 9,4, se perfila como una de las grandes sorpresas del año.
You Can See Everything (Puedes verlo todo) acaba de aterrizar y lo ha hecho con un 99% de críticas positivas en portales como Rotten Tomatoes. Estrenada el pasado 16 de octubre al otro lado del charco, la película no ha necesitado mucho tiempo para desatar un furor que ha corrido como la pólvora. En Letterboxd, la red social para cinéfilos, ha escalado hasta la primera posición de la lista de películas mejor valoradas llegando a obtener un suntuoso 4,8 sobre 5 a partir de 144.673 votaciones.
Así, sin despeinarse, ha adelantado al cineasta Masaki Kobayashi, que acumula hasta tres títulos entre las diez primeras posiciones, y cuyo clásico Harakiri ocupaba el primer puesto hasta ahora. ¿El responsable de este fenómeno? Nathan Fielder (Los ensayos), actor, guionista y director que ha unido fuerzas con Lance Oppenheim (Primetime) para alumbrar un peculiar documental centrado en la controvertida figura de Elizabeth Holmes.
El nombre de Holmes permanece ligado a uno de los mayores escándalos de la industria de la tecnología médica. Su aparentemente revolucionaria empresa, Theranos, prometía realizar diagnósticos médicos a partir de una pequeña muestra de sangre, obtenida sin necesidad de recurrir a las tradicionales extracciones. Sin embargo, aquella visión del futuro acabó revelándose como un fraude monumental.
John Carreyrou, reportero de The Wall Street Journal, destapó que la tecnología de la compañía no era tan fiable como prometía y que podía llegar a ofrecer resultados erróneos a los pacientes. Su investigación desencadenó una cadena de acontecimientos que culminó con el cierre de Theranos en septiembre de 2018 y la condena de Holmes, en mayo de 2023, a 11 años y tres meses de prisión por defraudar a los inversores.
Apenas unas semanas antes de que tuviera que ingresar en prisión, Fielder comenzó a visitar a Holmes en su casa, donde vivía con su marido, Billy Evans, y sus dos hijos. Allí le planteó una entrevista que se prolongó durante varios días. El proceso completo de rodaje del documental abarcó tres años y dio lugar a una película de 174 minutos. Casi tres horas que no parecen hacerse largas, a juzgar por la entusiasta acogida que está recibiendo este trabajo.
A24 presentó hace tres semanas el tráiler final de esta intrigante propuesta, que permanece rodeada de secretismo. Las primeras imágenes muestran un relato aparentemente cotidiano en el que vemos a la protagonista responder a las preguntas del director, que quiere saber si se siente cómoda ante la posibilidad de que descubra aspectos comprometedores de su vida.
Poco a poco, el avance se adentra en un terreno cada vez más inquietante, con los códigos propios de un thriller psicológico, hasta culminar con una confesión de la propia Holmes: "Me ha llevado mucho tiempo permitir que alguien me vea llorar". Una frase que viene acompañada de una lágrima cuya espontaneidad queda en el aire: ¿estamos ante una muestra de vulnerabilidad genuina o ante un gesto cuidadosamente calculado?
La película llegará a los cines españoles de la mano de Avalon el próximo 12 de febrero de 2027, casi cuatro meses después de su estreno en Estados Unidos. Un margen que quizá permita que se calmen los ánimos o, por el contrario, que la expectación siga creciendo en torno a uno de los estrenos que ya apuntan a convertirse en uno de los imprescindibles del próximo año.
El portavoz de la Junta de Castilla y León, Carlos Fernández Carriedo (PP), ha respaldado al proyecto de su socio, Vox, de supeditar las ayudas a la creación audiovisual a que no haya contenido “ideológico”. Carriedo ha aludido a la “libertad y la calidad” para que los fondos autonómicos lleguen a los proyectos que lo soliciten y no ha explicado exactamente en qué criterios se apoyará el “comité” de funcionarios que según el consejero de Cultura, Alberto Díaz Pico, de Vox, evaluará si procede o no asignarles subvenciones. Este alto cargo también criticó al festival de cine Seminci de Valladolid, que este viernes inicia su 72 edición, porque “tiene mucho que mejorar en neutralidad ideológica”. El alcalde vallisoletano, Jesús Julio Carnero (PP), ha respondido con que el certamen “es un espacio de libertad” y ha negado que haya “cine ideologizado”, como proclama su socio en la Junta y en el Consistorio.
© NACHO GALLEGO (EFE)
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